My employers recently sent our entire IT department to the Zoo, to get away from the grind for a day, expand our horizons, and learn something non-technical for a change. Mighty nice of them, eh?
Anyway, my reason for posting this is to give a big thumbs up to the Calgary Zoo. I had a couple tours: one primate tour, one Destination Africa tour. These tours were great! If you get a chance, go to the website and check the calendar for either the family tours or the adult tours. The zoo-keepers are unbelievably knowledgeable and pretty passionate about the subject matter. If you don't get a zoo-keeper, you'll get a tour by a "docent", who are basically volunteers who are pretty smart about zoology.
The tour of the primates I was really into because as the zoo-keeper talked about each of the primates, he explained where each fit in to the whole evolutionary chain. I really dig evolutionary biology so I absorbed alot of what he said. For instance, the pygmy marmoset is the only primate that has assisted childbirth, like humans. The Lowland Gorilla is the only known primate that is self-aware, aside from humans. So as these tidbits were flowing forth in this tour, you get the impression that the homo sapien primate is like an all-star team of primate traits. We got all of the good stuff. Anyways, this tour is just one of the many programs anyone would be nuts not to take advantage of.
It was almost painful to return to work the following day. But there was solace in the fact that I had my regular Friday off. Whew!
5 comments:
what does your beloved pope think about 'evolutionary biology'? How are you going to show your face in church Sunday after revealing your sinful interest in evolution?
Ah, yes, the return to work the following day. Back to the grind with the rest of us primates...
Pope seems like a good guy, I don't revile and hate the guy just for what he believes.
But I'm not sure the Pope would even be on board with all this militant "Intelligent Design" nonesense.
Jesus, where have you been man? Your mom has been calling and you left a huge mess in the kitchen. I'm not cleaning it up this time. There's some girl—Mary, I think, has been coming by the flat. She seems like she's pretty pissed. I just told her that you were sent away for work. Anyway, I'm getting tired of taking all these calls—there are a lot of people looking for you. Some a-hole bill collector is leaving messages. Did you dine and dash with 12 others? Man, you've really got to get your shit together. I've had it.
Good to hear that the internet is allowed in some of our finer psychiatric facilities. Its truly part of the rehabilitation process, and will assist greatly into reintegration into society.
Keep up those meds, Judas. You play your cards right, you can get out in time for the Vancouver Olympics. Its a great atmosphere!
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